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Or Meir

Welcoming Professor Or Meir to the School of Computer Science

Professor Meir joins us in his role as Professor of Algorithms.
AI For Math Fund

Sheffield to lead $1M project on AI-powered theorem proving, funded by Renaissance Philanthropy and XTX Markets

Titled ‘Copilots for Isabelle: Learning Logical Structure for a Better Proving Experience’, will advance the foundations and technology of interactive theorem proving, developing next-generation methods for proof assistants.
Bei and Amir

Meet our new academics

We are delighted to be welcoming Bei Peng, Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence & Applications of AI, and Amir Ghalamzan, Associate Professor, to the School of Computer Science.

Academics from the University of Sheffield's Centre for Machine Intelligence being presented with an award on stage at the UKAIRS symposium
Academics from the University's Centre for Machine Intelligence have won an impact award at the UK's first national conference for AI research. The award recognises their research that is driving the responsible use of AI. Credit: UK AI Research Symposium

University of Sheffield researchers win UK first national AI prize

A new award recognising the strength and impact of the UK’s AI research, has been awarded to academics at the University of Sheffield.

A mobile phone showing the CognoSpeak logo

Our researchers talk to the Times Higher Education podcast about using AI to streamline dementia diagnosis and improve health equity for patients

Sheffield Researchers, including Prof Heidi Christensen from Computer Science, recently talked to the THE podcast about Cognospeak and how AI is being used to reduce wait times and improve outcomes for people who may be at risk of developing dementia
Placement Year Awards 2024 winner Simone Jain

Celebrating exceptional achievements at the inaugural Placement Year Awards 2024

Computer Science student, Simone Jain, won the Placement Student of the Year Award - Faculty of Engineering. This award was given for her considerable contribution to her host organisation as well as her personal and professional growth over the year
Gavin Litton, the CEO and Co-Founder of Pillars Brewery

From Graduation to Business Success

Gavin Litton graduated from Sheffield with a Computer Science BSc and is now the CEO & Co-founder of Pillars Brewery, a specialist craft lager brewery based in London. Here he shares his Uni experience, early career, business and advice with us.
Team members stand with members of Sheffield City Council

The Centre for Machine Intelligence discusses prospects for future collaboration with Sheffield City Council

The Centre for Machine Intelligence welcomed Sheffield City Council into new office space to showcase research and discuss potential areas of collaboration.
Dr Chen Chen

Computer Science Lecturer Recognised as ELLIS Scholar

Dr. Chen (Cherise) Chen has been recently elected an ELLIS Scholar in the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) under the Robust Machine Learning program.